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1. www.oklahoman.com › story › lifestyle'Okie' Merle Haggard statue, Music Hall of Fame are hitting ...

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   Oct 9, 2024 · On Oct. 10, 1969, country music superstar Merle Haggard performed a now-legendary show inside the Muskogee Civic Center that was recorded for his hit live album, "Okie from Muskogee." The next day, the studio version of the title track entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs ranks, and by the Nov. 15, 1969, listing, "Okie from Muskogee" was starting a four-week run atop the chart.

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3. www.muskogeephoenix.com › news › merle-tributesMerle tributes makes Muskogee audience proud to be Okies

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   4 days ago · Ben Haggard, right, son of country music icon Merle Haggard, Benjamin Victor, center, sculptor of the statue, and Muskogee City Councilor Jaime Stout, unveiled the statue of Merle Haggard ...

4. www.newson6.com › story › 670899d3a820eb9b9b98808fOklahoma Music Hall Of Fame Unveils Statue Of Merle Haggard ...

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   6 days ago · MUSKOGEE, Okla. -. Downtown Muskogee has a new statue in front of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. The group unveiled a new bronze statue of Merle Haggard outside of the Civic Center, where he ...

5. classiccountrymusic.com › bronze-statue-of-merleBronze Statue of Merle Haggard Unveiled In Muskogee, Oklahoma

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   2 days ago · Country Icon Merle Haggard’s Legacy Honored With Bronze Statue at Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. On Thursday, October 10, a new statue of Merle Haggard was unveiled in downtown Muskogee, OK. The celebration was even more special because it took place in the same city where Haggard recorded his 1969 live album Okie From Muskogee, featuring the ...

6. tulsaworld.com › life-entertainment › localMerle Haggard statue unveiled in Muskogee - Tulsa World

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   5 days ago · The unveiling of a Merle Haggard statue attracted hundreds of people to a Thursday ceremony in front of Muskogee Civic Center. One of Haggard’s sons, Ben Haggard, is standing at far right ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Merle_HaggardMerle Haggard - Wikipedia

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   merlehaggard.com. Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.

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   Did Merle Haggard Hate modern country music?

   • "Merle Haggard May Have Hated Modern Country Music, But the Singers Loved Him". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2016. ^ "Watch Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard in The Studio in All-New Footage". Texas Monthly. June 6, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018. ^ "The Performers in 'The American Epic Sessions' ".

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   Is Merle Haggard dead or still alive?

   • "Merle Haggard dead at 79". thetennessean.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016. ^ Schoemer, Karen (July 6, 1990). "Pop/Jazz; A Maverick Upholding Traditional Values". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2012. ^ "A Look at San Quentin". CNN. December 16, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2016. ^ "New Merle Haggard Tune Blasts US Media Coverage of Iraq War".

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   Who was Merle on 'the Waltons'?

   • He described himself as a student of music, philosophy, and communication. He would discuss jazzman Howard Roberts guitar playing, life after death and the unique speaking technique of Garner Ted Armstrong of The World Tomorrow with enthusiasm and authority. Merle appeared in season five, episode three of The Waltons called "The Comeback".

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   Where can I find a book about Merle Haggard?

   • Merle Haggard: The Running Kind. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0292717718. Cusic, Don (2002). Merle Haggard: Poet of the Common Man. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780634032950. Di Salvatore, Bryan. (1998). "Merle Haggard". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury (ed.), New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 222–24

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   Did Merle Haggard write Okie from Muskogee?

   • "Merle Haggard: 'Sometimes I Wish I Hadn't Written Okie from Muskogee' ". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2016. ^ Fox 2004, p. 51. ^ a b Kaufman, Will (2009). American Culture in the 1970s. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 115–116. ISBN 9780748621422. ^ a b La Chapelle, Peter (April 3, 2007).

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   Where is Merle Haggard Drive?

   • In July 2007, a three-and-a-half-mile stretch of 7th Standard Road in Oildale, California, where Haggard grew up, was renamed Merle Haggard Drive in his honor. It stretches from North Chester Avenue west to U.S. Route 99 and provides access to the William M. Thomas airport terminal at Meadows Field Airport.

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9. music.youtube.com › playlistMerle Haggard: 40 Greatest Hits - YouTube Music

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   Merle Haggard: 40 Greatest Hits. Album • 2004. 40 songs • 1 hour, 56 minutes. 1. My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers. 235K plays. 2:31. 2. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive.